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Comm Bank expands FP Vic office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
The Commonwealth Bank appointed Christian Strahlhofer and Komal Soni as relationship manager and account manager for corporate financial services, respectively in its financial planning division. Prior to this role, Strahlhofer worked in corporate banking ...

Fitzpatrick vacates VFMC chair

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Mike Fitzpatrick, chairman of the $37 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, is ending his three year term in January next year. In a media statement released yesterday, VFMC confirmed that Fitzpatrick had advised the fund's board that he will ...

ASIC bans former Money Matters adviser

ASIC STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Victoria-based Ian Bristow, one of the financial advisers who recommended Westpoint products to clients, has been banned from providing financial services for six years following a long drawn out ASIC investigation. ASIC alleged that Bristow "dishonestly" ...

Industry questions dual role of CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Should a superannuation fund's chief executive sit on the fund's Trustee Board? Industry experts are divided on whether wearing both hats create potential conflicts of interest. The panelists at the Fund Executives Association Limited's (FEAL) national ...

HESTA chief scoops FEAL award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
HESTA's chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy bags the prestigious 'Fund Executive of the Year' award from the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL), in partnership with AMP Capital Investors. Corboy, who celebrates her tenth year this year at the helm ...

ASIC restructures staff line-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is investing significant man power in its financial economy and investigation and prosecution departments as the regulator undergoes a radical restructure of its staff line up. ASIC's strategic ...

VFMC appoints ex-Goldman Sachs MD

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
The $37 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has appointed Justin Pascoe, former managing director of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's quantitative investment strategies team in Hong Kong, as the fund's new chief investment officer. ...

HOSTPLUS tackles Qld with Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Industry super fund, HOSTPLUS is using its sponsorship of the successful Melbourne Storm rugby league club to assist its membership drive into the Queensland superannuation market. Speaking at the Association Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

Australians lead FM pack

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Australians have emerged the victors of the wealth management race despite a global economic slowdown, new research shows. According to the AFG Global Funds Management Index, Australians amassed an average $70,385 per person in managed funds - emerging ...

UN PRI enlists 400 firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The number of signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) broke the 400 mark this month, rising by more than 70 members since the beginning of the year. In total, UN PRI signatories, comprise of asset owners, investment ...